Recent and forthcoming changes to the Procedure before the European Court of Human Rights: An Attorney’s view from the Perspective of the Right to Access to Justice

Stefan Kirchner

Abstract

Recent and forthcoming changes to the Procedure before the European Court of Human Rights: An Attorney’s view from the Perspective of the Right to Access to Justice

The procedure for individual complaints under Article 34 of the ECHR before the European Court of Human Rights has been changed in two aspects which are of importance for applicants or their attorneys.Rule 47 of the Rules of Court of the European Court of Human Rights.No interruption of six months deadline by submission of an application without detailed reasons.Obligatory use of application forms provided by the CourtPage Limits, The Jurisconsult